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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2002, the Armory Foundation launched Armory College Prep (ACP) to help students training at the Armory Track attain a college degree at no cost to participants. Even though they were academically prepared, the lived experiences were still challenging, so they started building a support system among the participants and program alumni.

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

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For instance, Dr. Robert Gates brought deep experience working in the federal government along with time spent in academia to Texas A&M Universitys presidency from 2002-2006. put a Glock to their heads ), a former consultant (Bain & Co) and JP Capital Partners (private equity firm) who served as president of Mount St.

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Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 170 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. “Brit” Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

Podcast Highlights The process for onboarding presidents includes hiring a search consultant , identifying a screening committee that’s representative of the university, gathering and narrowing down a pool of candidates, and bringing those candidates in for a 60- or 90-minute interview. Recommendations must also go to the president.

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

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Catherine Friday on LinkedIn → About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton, host of Changing Higher Ed ® , is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change , and mergers. What’s it like living down there as an academic and a consultant? [00:00:51] 00:00:39] Drumm: So.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, she was the first African American elected to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Morial, the president of the National Urban League, also served as New Orleans Mayor from 1994-2002. Her son, Marc H. As co-founder of Women and Wine, Volunteer Alexandria she thrived as a connector.